Overview

• Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida insists the revision will ban hunting on state maritime lands, preserve existing rules on live decoys and clarify hunting zones through formal consultations with the Stato-Regioni conference and scientific bodies.
• A SWG survey commissioned by Lipu found that roughly seven in ten Italians oppose deregulating hunting laws and 93 percent believe nature protection should be an institutional priority.
• Environmental and animal welfare groups have attacked the draft as favoring unregulated hunting and threatening biodiversity, public safety and protected areas.
• The opposition-led Movimento 5 Stelle has tabled a motion in Parliament to block the proposed amendments before committee review.
• Gennaro Barra, whose firearms license was revoked in 2022, claims to have advised on the draft law, prompting Lollobrigida to deny any consultancy ties and threaten legal action.